How legal are they for the road?
cheers
mick
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From: Craig Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: Front suspension for racing
>
> Are
> "rod ends where the lower control arm joins the crossmember"
>
> like threaded rose joints? I would be interested to see who has done these
> on a 510 and what they think about them. a mate has just done them on a
toyo
> and they look pretty trick
>
> any thoughts/experiences??
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Pooley, Trevor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Front suspension for racing
> >Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:18:40 +0930
> >
> >Unless you fork out $1600 for a set of 55DCO/SP Webers from DatRats (
> >drooooool ). I agree!
> >
> >Talking about datrats. I've just recieved a set of 30mm bump steer
spacers
> >from Datrats (one tenth the cost of the 55's). They look real good (nice
> >shinny alloy) and will restore some angle to my lower control arms after
> >the
> >lowering job I did last week before phillip Island. I had some minor bump
> >steer there.
> >
> >This leads to my next question. There was some talk a little while back
> >about the location of the pivot point on the engine crossmember.
Apparently
> >the early model had these higher up than the latter models. Can anyone
> >confirm this? Also after looking at the pics of the busted cross member,
is
> >it worth modifying mine or just looking for a good early 1600
crossmember?
> >Does the distance between the two pivot points change as well or just the
> >height?
> >
> >Other thing I want to do is make new adjustable lower control arms to
> >replace the datrally ones I am currently using. I would like to either go
> >for a monoball arrangement (ie How to hotrod your datsun book) or rod
ends
> >where the lower control arm joins the crossmember. This would allow for
> >lots
> >of positive castor without stressing the pivot point. Does anyone know of
a
> >cheap source for these parts.
> >
> >I am also looking into making a rear sway bay (ie How to hotrod your
datsun
> >book) but that might be asking a little to much too soon.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Trev
> >
>
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